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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Supplementary provisions.

Article L3121-36

…n agreement, overtime worked in excess of the legal weekly working hours set out in article L. 3121-27 or the working hours considered to be equivalent give rise to an increase in pay of 25% for each…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands

Article R354-5

…Wallis and Futuna Islands to the obligations referred to in Article L. 314-25;2° In Article R. 341-27, the reference: "R. 341-20" is replaced by the reference: "R. 341-24".

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5521-2

…351-2 of the Social Security Code" are replaced by the words: "article 7 of order no. 2002-411 of 27 March 2002 relating to health and social protection in Mayotte".

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Criminal provisions

Article R3124-2

…or establishment agreement or of a branch agreement contrary to the provisions of articles L. 3121-27 to L. 3121-33 and L. 3121-35 to L. 3121-40 is punishable by a fourth-class fine. As many fines ar…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Operating conditions common to clinical and biological activities involving medically assisted procreation

Article R2142-21-1

…location procedures for which are defined in the order mentioned in articles R. 2142-24 and R. 2142-27. This code is affixed to the traceability sheet accompanying the gametes and embryos concerned.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: General provisions relating to elections to the disciplinary boards of New Caledonia and French Polynesia

Article D4443-33

…e count, together with its annexes, as well as the election documents mentioned in articles D. 4443-27 and D. 4443-28, are kept in a sealed envelope by the State representative for a period of six mon…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions.

Article R741-5

…g whatsoever, subject to the provisions laid down in the regulatory act adopted pursuant to the loi n° 78-17 du 6 janvier 1978 relative à l'informatique, aux fichiers et aux libertés.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Law applicable to contracts

Article L232-2

Where the law governing the contract is that of a State which does not belong to the European Union, the consumer may not be deprived of the protection afforded to him by the provisions adopted by a M…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Psychomotrician.

Article L4332-5

By way of derogation from the provisions of article L. 4332-2, employees who have practised the profession of psychomotrician on a principal basis for at least three years during the ten years prior t…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Multi-professional practice partnerships

Article R422-51-18

The information provided for in articles 9 and 18 of the aforementioned Decree No. 2017-794 of 5 May 2017 shall be sent to the Director General of the Institut national de la propriété industrielle an…

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